After I posted my last post, the manager of the bowling alley came out and told me (in Spanish) that I could leave my bowling bag behind the counter if I wanted to until time for league. So, without my bag to weigh me down, I decided to explore the mall 2 blocks away until league time. The mall was 2 stories and had a lot of unique stores along with some American stores. It also had this huge department store called Corte Ingles that was multiple stories tall and on both ends of the mall (kind of like the Dillards at Mall St. Matthews). I walked thoughout most of the stores then walked outside where there was a line of little restaurants. I ended up getting a sandwich and some ice cream then sat outside and read for a while until it was time to go bowl.
The league was an amazing experience. I'm pretty sure I was the youngest person bowling, but everyone was so nice. The manager introduced me to every person bowling as the walked in. The people on my pair talked to me the whole night and explained a lot of the differences in bowling here and about the different bowling centers in Spain. There wasn't a lot of oil on the lanes, and the ball snapped like crazy in the back. I only brought one ball with me, my Ultra Zone, so spares were especially difficult and made more so as the lanes broke down more. I had to really increase my ball speed to try and keep it from missing the head pin left, but it was good practice just the same and a lot of fun. No one there spoke any English at all, so I really got to work on my Spanish. It is a 5 week long league. I will have to miss one week (they said I could postbowl) while I'm in Madrid. My scores weren't very good, but I'm still getting used to the lanes, the oil and having only one ball, so it's ok. I had a lot of fun, met a lot of nice people, and learned some more Spanish, so I'm excited to bowl it again next week :) I will also probably go practice again before then to try to get more used to it. Overall, I really like it!
This morning, I had my first class: Cultures and Civilizations of Spain. We will basically be going around to differnt places in Valencia every class period and learning about everything. We have to take notes on every place we go to while we are there. Are grades consist of those notes, a portfolio we put together on 8 of those places, an 8 page paper on our overall experience here, and a few quizzes. Should be really interesting and the work should be good because it's stuff I would want to remember anyways and this forces me to document everything. I have another class at 245pm and another one tomorrow morning. Should be a good semester.
My Schedule
MW: 9-12 Spanish Language and Culture in Business
TR: 9-12 Culture and Civilizations of Spain
TR: 245-545 Dance in Movies
Valencia is amazing! :)
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